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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1350

[1350] [Sakavādin:] There is adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi) with reference to the future; and yet mind (citta) that has the future as its object is without an object (anārammaṇa)? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] There is adverting … aspiration with reference to the present; and yet mind that has the present as its object is without an object? [Paravādin:] It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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